Assistive Technology

General Information and Resources

• Assistive Technology page from HLAA
• Five ways to include d/Deaf users in your designs, TPGi (July 2021)
• How does a Deaf or hard-of-hearing person use technology? from Level Access
• How to make your media content hearing loss friendly from Hearing Health Matters (05/21)
• Auditory Disabilities and what you need for accessibility from Telerik
• How do Deafblind people use technology? from Level Access
• "How Facebook Allows Me to Connect with People in Ways My Deafness Prevents": article by Christina Teani in Huffington Post about uses of on-line technology.
• How to handle an in-person meeting with hearing loss from Living With Hearing Loss (January 2020)
• How to make your corporate meetings accessible to people with hearing loss from Convene (January 2020)
• Captioned telephones from ALDA (May 2020)
• A Video Phone makes ASL communication easy
• Sorenson Video Phone

ASL

Click here for information about sign language

Captions and Podcasts

Click here for information about captioning, including podcasts

Cochlear Implants

• "How Bionic Ears Have Changed People's Lives", Business Insider, August 11, 2014.
• "Switching on my hearing — William's cochlear implant story", BBC Ouch!: "I'm never going to be hearing. I'm never going to stop being deaf. But hopefully this little computer that now lives in my head will make life a bit easier."
• How to keep your cochlear implant working safely from Hearing Health.

Hearing Aids

• Medicare coverage, Making Hearing Aids Affordable
• Hearing Aids Funding from HLAA
• Financial Assistance for Hearing Aids, Better Hearing Institute (February 2020)
• FCC, hearing aid compatibility and telephones (October 2019)
• Build your own hearing aid maintenance kit, Hearing Direct (February 2020)
• Glittery hearing aids for dolls (October 2019)
• Putting the Cool in Hearing Aid Design: interesting designs, where is God in design?
• Got it? Flaunt it! (hearing aid design) (August 2019)
• Confidence from hearing aid designs
• How a hearing aid works, from Hearing Direct (April 2020)
• A brief history of hearing aids, from Hearing Like Me (April 2021)
• What to expect when wearing a hearing aid for the very first time, from Hearing Direct (April 2020)

Sound Systems and Hearing Loops

Click here for information about sound systems and hearing loops